X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Thorsten Kampe Subject: Re: FW: Windows XP Headaches w/ Network Communication Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:13:11 +0100 Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <016d01cbc976$96c2bde0$c44839a0$@com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com * Gary Furash (Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:02:25 -0700) > I just had to downgrade my PC from Windows 7 to Windows XP. I > reinstalled Cygwin (from scratch), rebased, etc. However, now, none of > my cygwin network programs work except within my work's internal > network (they used to work just fine with Windows 7). > I tried turning off windows firewall (the only firewall on, I > believe), and it didn't help. So Ping, NSlookup, ssmtp, etc., don't > work. > > The utilities work themselves, e.g., if I do ping 127.0.0.1 it works, > just can't see beyond my PC! All the errors relate to not getting to > hosts. > > I'm sure there's a simple solution to this. Thanks! Neither nslookup nor ping are Cygwin utilities (unless you explicitly install them). So whatever problem you have, it's likely a Windows problem and not a Cygwin one. Thorsten -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple